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Oita is full of hot springs. Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.
Oita is full of hot springs. Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.

Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.

In Oita Prefecture, there are many hot springs throughout the prefecture such as Beppu and Yufuin.
Beppu Onsenkyo, Japan's number one source and volume of springs, can enjoy up to 10 out of 11 hot springs in the world.Visitors from all over the world come to enjoy different spring qualities in one town.There is also a municipal hot spring for 100 yen. Let's take a walk around the town in yukata.

Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.

Beppu Hattou

1 Beppu Onsen Around Beppu station. Takegawara onsen. Simple spring, salt spring, sodium bicarbonate spring, bicarbonate earth spring, etc.
2 Hamawaki Onsen Around Higashi Beppu Station. Hydrogen carbonate spring, chloride wire spring, etc.
3 Kankaiji Onsen The slope of the mountain upstream of the Asami River. Simple spring, sodium bicarbonate spring.
4 Hotta Onsen Along the Kyushu crossing road. Weakly acidic hypotonic high hot spring, sulfur spring.
5 Myoban Onsen 400m above sea level. Yunohana hut. Acidic hydrogen sulfide spring, green bath spring, sulfur spring.
6 Kannawa Onsen It is halfway between Beppu city and Mingshu. "Beppu Yukemuri / Onsen Landscape" Simple spring, salt spring, carbonated spring.
7 Shibaseki Onsen Near Noda, Beppu City. A historical hot spring where Emperor Daigo was treated in 895. Iron-containing spring, sulfate spring.
8 Kamegawa Onsen Near Kamegawa Station. Beppu beach sand is a sand bath. Sodium, chloride spring.
Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.
Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.
Oita Onsen: Official WEB site
Hot springs in Oita Discover Oita
Hot springs in Oita City Oita City Tourist Association
Hot springs in Beppu City PARADISE HELL BEPPU
Hot springs in Yufuin Town Yufuin hot spring
Hot springs in Hita City OIDE HITA.com
Hot springs in Taketa City Hot springs around Taketa City
Hot springs in Kokonoe Town Kokonoe hot spring
Oita Prefecture is the best hot spring area in Japan.
There are 1173 wild monkeys on Mt. Takasaki. Slip through nearby. The monkeys are so cute!There are 1173 wild monkeys on Mt. Takasaki. Slip through nearby. The monkeys are so cute!

Monkeys at Mt. Takasaki

There are many wild monkeys on Mt. Takasaki in Oita City. Feeding wild monkeys.
In 1952, the mayor of Ueda Oita began feeding from pocket money to prevent damage to monkeys that were causing damage to rural areas and to make it a tourism resource. Started as Takasakiyama Nature Zoo in 1953. Initially, one group with 220 heads. The number gradually increased, and now there are 1,173 in 2 groups.
The flock comes down to the gathering place in turn. They come through their legs, stare at adorable baby monkeys, and come close enough not to think of them as wild.

Monkeys at Mt. Takasaki
Monkeys at Mt. Takasaki
Takasakiyama Nature Zoo
business hours (Year round) 8:30 to 17:00
16:30 last admission time
Official web Takasakiyama Nature Zoo
Street address 3098-1 Kanzaki, Oita, Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Monkeys at Mt. Takasaki
Beppu Jigoku Tour. Are you alive? Welcome to hell.じごく 別府地獄めぐり

Welcome to hell.

For more than a thousand years, fumarole, hot mud and hot water erupted and this land has become known as “hell” by people.

Welcome to hell.

"Hell tour" if you come to Beppu. “Sea hell”where hot water of 98 degrees Celsius is boiled when attracted by vivid cobalt blue.

Umi jigoku(Sea hell)

“ Blood pond hell”' dyed red with boiled clay. “Oniyama Hell” a crocodile bred using hot spring heat opens its big mouth and waits. There are 7 hells in Beppu.
While living, look at “hell” and think about “the way to live”. Come on! Welcome to hell!

Umi jigoku(Sea hell)
Umi jigoku(Sea hell)
Umi jigoku(Sea hell)
Hell tour
Official web Beppu Hell Association
Umi jigoku(Sea hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City oaza kannawa 559−1
Chinoike jigoku (Blood Pond Hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City Oaza Noda 778
Tatsumaki jigoku (Waterspout hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City Oaza Noda 782
Shiraike jigoku (White pond hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City oaza kannawa 278
Oniishibozu bouzu jigoku (Oniishi mud hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City oaza kannawa 559−1
Oniyama jigoku (Oniyama to hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City oaza kannawa 625
Kamado jigoku (Stove to hell) Oita Prefecture Beppu City oaza kannawa 621
Chinoike jigoku
Chinoike jigoku
Chinoike jigoku
Chinoike jigoku
Oniyama jigoku
Chinoike jigoku
Oniyama jigoku
Oniyama jigoku
Hell
Hot spring town Yufuin. Let's take a leisurely stroll through the idyllic landscape.Hot spring town Yufuin. Let's take a leisurely stroll through the idyllic landscape.

Hot spring town Yufuin. Let's take a leisurely stroll through the idyllic landscape

It is called Karuizawa in the east and Yufuin in the west. Yufuin, a quiet mountain town popular with women.

Yufuin

From JR Yufuin Station to “Kinrin Lake” located in the center of Yufuin, there are about 70 local crafts, crafts, original goods shops and sweets shops. It's about a 30-minute walk, but there are a lot of temptations ♪ Let's enjoy a leisurely walk.

konrin lake

Another attractive museum is Yufuin. It is also called “City of Art”.
It is also recommended to use a rental cycle, carriage or rickshaw! The creek extending from Lake Kinrin has beautiful aquatic plants and is recommended for a walk.

Yufuin
Yufuin
konrin lake
konrin lake
Yufuin
Official web Official Site Yufuin tour
Yufuin